Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark by Jessa Hastings

7 reviews

mooncraftbujo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Addiction, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Eating disorder, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Infidelity, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Violence

hannah_lilli's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Death, Grief, Alcohol, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Car accident

allidone's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Grief, and Toxic relationship

stephanieelyse's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The start broke my heart, the cliffhanger of 2 was cruel and this picked up and broke my heart throughout.

Three cheers for finally going to therapy. It only took a beloved character death to get them there together.

 
Magnolia is the sweetest little wilfully ignorant toff and we love her for it. Even though you want her to get a clue that she is associating with gang lords. 
This book is the end of Magnolia and BJ’s main story and it’s a sweet ending.
But my goodness am I nervous about the next Daisy Haites, and I have no doubt Jessa will do what is needed for me to be devastated and satisfied.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

ashleylawrence's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this was a wonderful ending to this love story. i love the consistent theme of how many loves do you get in a lifetime and how that is answered (?) in this book. the character development in this book over all the others is exquisite and i love that they take the journey together as they do everything.

i did miss Bridget but I'm glad she made so many appearances. the ending with the wedding and mags getting pregnant was actually perfect and one of the rare times i enjoyed a pregnancy trope.

the growth, grief, and love in this book was so well displayed i can see how people are saying this is 200-300 too long but simply i disagree and loved every minute of it. literally sobbed in chapter 2 (sad) and the end (happy).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Miscarriage

Minor: Drug use and Rape

beaingleby's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Minor: Classism and Toxic relationship

libraryofjess_'s review

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

✨4 stars ✨ 

‘How many loves do you get in a lifetime?’

This was so deep and emotional. This whole series is a whirlwind of emotions. 

This book was majority about the topics of grief, family issues and trust issues. It is very heavy but it was amazing. 

After reading about Magnolia in the first books you can see that the way she handles grief is very on character. Majority of the avoidance of acknowledging the death. She also goes through major things with adhd diagnosis, eating disorder, and trust and family issues.

I know that this series isn’t going to be everyone’s favourite due to the cheating but I have really enjoyed it. This has definitely been my favourite of Magnolias and BJs story though. 

I feel like after all they had been through together that they did need there happy ending and to just have some peace. I wasn’t a huge fan of BJ previously but I really enjoyed his character in this and their growth in the relationship. They really had some sweet moments in this. 

So all up, I do recommend reading this series but check TWs as they go into very deep topics. Your mental health is important! 

Can’t wait to read some more of Daisy soon!

Happy reading 🤍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Grief

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Miscarriage